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HAIM MAZARLakeshore LKS (digital)29 tracks – 46:14 It has been more than a quarter century since the original Scary Movie launched its brand of raunchy horror parody. Five sequels later, the Wayans brothers return—without calling this one Scary Movie 6—for another round of genre sendups. Released at the beginning of June, the film is accompanied by a score from Haim Mazar (Th...

CHRISTOPHE BECKLakeshore LKS (digital)17 tracks – 46:51 “Baa, ram, ewe.” After spending years in the shadow of a certain talking pig from Babe, the sheep finally get their own starring vehicle in The Sheep Detectives. Set in the English countryside, the film follows a flock cared for by the kindly shepherd George (Hugh Jackman), who loves his animals far more than the humans ...

VARIOUSClaves 50-315212 tracks: 43:20 Hope is a concept album comprising 12 new works for cello and orchestra, each offering a different musical reflection on the human condition while aiming to inspire thoughts of a better world and our shared humanity. Cellist Andreas Graf, who was inspired by the storytelling power of music and Charlie Chaplin’s use of it in film, conceive...

GERALD FRIEDDragon’s Domain DDR 89531 tracks – 65:13 The Grissom Gang (1972) is a Depression-era crime drama from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard), produced during the final decade of his career. A remake of a 1948 British film, it follows the exploits of the Grissom family gang, led by the dim-witted Slim Grissom, who kidnaps a wealthy heiress only...

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